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Pronouns & Basic Sentence Structure
Subject and object pronouns, possessives, demonstratives, and basic SVO word order
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Subject pronouns are always required in English — cannot be dropped
eye, yoo, hee, shee, it, wee, thay
me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Give it to me / She likes him / They called us
mee, yoo, him, hur, it, us, them
Subject + Verb + Object (SVO)
I eat rice / She reads books — English word order is fixed
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
my book, your car, his dog — no agreement needed for gender/number
mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
That book is mine / The car is yours — used without a noun
this / that
This is my book (near me) / That is your pen (far from me)
this / that
these / those
These are my books (near) / Those are your pens (far)
theez / thoze
it — weather / time / distance
It is hot / It is 3 o'clock / It is far — no real subject
who / what / where / when
Who is that? / What is this? / Where is it? / When is it?
There is / There are
There is a book on the table / There are three chairs in the room
thair iz / thair ar
